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September 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC. – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01) teamed up with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19th as National Stillbirth Prevention Day.
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August 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined today to reintroduce the Black Breastfeeding Week resolution (H. Res. 1416), aiming to garner national attention to the role that breastfeeding plays in improving Black maternal and infant health outcomes in the United States.
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July 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. issued the following statement today after President Biden’s address to the nation:
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July 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A signature bipartisan bill co-led by Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) to address stillbirth in pregnancies was signed by President Biden today and is now law, after passing through Congress this spring with overwhelming bipartisan support.
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July 9, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), Ranking Member of the Education & Workforce Committee (E&W)’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, along with Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-01), and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), introduced the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution, marking the importance of recognizing national racial and gender wage gap on July 9th.
Issues:Jobs and the EconomyWomen
June 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), released the following statement after Republicans forced changes to Title IX through the House Committee on Education and Workforce:
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June 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting access to Mifepristone:
Issues:Women
May 23, 2024
Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams co-led the introduction of the bipartisan Endometriosis CARE Act, which would deliver $50 million annually to advance endometriosis research and expand access to treatment. The legislation is led by Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Congressional Endometriosis Caucus Co-Chair, Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-At Large). Despite the broad and significant impact of endometriosis, critics say chronic underfunding of women’s health research has resulted in a lack of innovation and understanding of the disease.